This is the first in a series of posts, which apart from being useful, will also act as something of an apology. Full confession; It all started with cocktails. Then wine. Too much wine. It was then that I climbed onto my high horse. I think anyone who’s more than a passing visitor to this […]
Archive for January, 2012
These are the eggs that brought me back from the brink. One very dusty morning in Sydney I prised open an eye to find The Hungry One chortling at me. ‘You were very funny last night’. I have a history with hen’s nights. And not a great one. I get caught up in the excitement. […]
As refreshing as a crisp radish is- gently shaved in a salad, slathered with butter and salt and draped on on dark bread- a cooked one is a thing of beauty. Really. Trust me on this. It’s something about the way the flesh retains some bite, but relaxes in on itself. Meanwhile the bitterness fades […]
Ah, plane food. Such a constellation of delights. This is a story about one of them. Granted, I wasn’t in the greatest of moods when we started our 28 hour commute from Sydney to London. We travel lots, but I’m yet to master being charming all the time while being squeezed into a metal tube […]
There are lots of things to miss about Sydney. But nights like this are chief among them. Taken at South Bondi at 7 pm on a school night Bondi Beach is a strange beast. One of the famous stretches of sand in the world can boast the best of times, but if you navigate the […]